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Intermont Equestrian Finishes As National Team Reserve Champion At IDA Nationals

Intermont Equestrian Finishes As National Team Reserve Champion At IDA Nationals
Posted: Apr 23, 2026

LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The IDA team returned to St. Louis to compete in the IDA National Championships once again. Emory & Henry took home National Team Reserve Champion with 37 points, close behind Virginia Tech with 38 points.

The Basics
TEAM PLACE – 2nd/12
LOCATION – Lake St. Louis, Missouri
VENUE – National Equestrian Center

Thursday – Individual Championship & DSE Championship

Junior Anna Norton (Charlotte, N.C.) started the day off with 67.014% to take home eighth place in First Level Testing

Freshman Olivia Edgington-Desmet (Alpharetta, Ga) rode to a 68.500% to take home fourth place in Upper Training Testing

Junior Bailey Shive (Hot Springs, Ark.) took home second place with a score of 72.308% in Lower Training Testing

Sophomore Sam Nappi (Bedford, Mass.) was close behind with a score of 71.442% to take home fourth place.

Sophomore Eva Packman (Spotsylvannia, V.A.) took home fourth place at the Introductory Level Testing with a score of 68.594%.

Sophomore Irelyn Petrie (Nokesville, V.A.) took home the blue ribbon in Upper Training DSE, followed by Freshman Tea Fuller (Little Valley, N.Y.) who claimed sixth in the nation

Sophmore Lauren Scott (Otego N.Y.) also took home the blue ribbon in Lower Training DSE, Junior Norah Jones (Buchanan V.A.) rode to a fourth place finish

To finish off the day sophomoreSierra Carson finished in fourth place in Introductory Level DSE

Friday – Team Championship
Norton started the day off in the team competition with a seventh place finish at the First Level at 67.803%.

Cetari White-Anderson (Clatskanie, Ore.) finished her Upper Training Testing strong with a 70.862% to finish second place

Nappi also finished strong with a 69.52% to take home the second place finish

Emory & Henry closed out the championship with Packman placing fourth in the Introductory Level with a 68.75

The Wasps finish with a team score of 69.234% with 37 points

Awards
Odessa Thacker has been inducted into the IDA Hall of Fame for her contributions to IDA.

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- Caroline Hall '28 and Irelyn Petrie '28 contributed to this release.